It Meant That New York Philanthropists, New

The Universe Is Not Going To See Someone Like You Again In The Entire History Of Creation.

One Of My Greatest Sources Of Pride As President Of The New York Public Library Is The Continuance Of The Library's Open, Free, And Democratic Posture, The Fact That We Are Here For Everyman, That We Are Indeed Everyman's University, The Place Where The Scholar Who Is Not College-affiliated Can Come And Work And Feel At Home.

Everybody Is Somebody, So You Don't Have To Introduce Anybody.

The Library Is Our House Of Intellect, Our Transcendental University, With One Exception: No One Graduates From A Library. No One Possibly Can, And No One Should.

The Only Condition A Library Asks Its Users To Honor Is To Do Justice To Their Own Imagination, Their Own Curiosity And Their Own Thirst For Knowledge, And In The Process, To Achieve Their Own Independence Of Mind And Spirit.